THE PRESIDENCY: Flu & a Fit

No respecter of persons, a flu bug bit Franklin Roosevelt last week, while other bugs attacked Secretaries Stephen Early and "Missy" Le Hand. The bedded President certified his plan to board U. S. S. Houston this week and view the Navy's war game restfully under tropical sun (see p. 12). He also managed to get some work done.

In Washington to discuss trade, money, Dictators and armaments was Brazil's Foreign Minister, Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, onetime (1934-38) Ambassador to the U. S. Secretary Hull had a bug, too, but omnipresent Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles took good care of Dr....

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